Yu's Blog: a sinking arsonist , page 16

"All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my words..."

“All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my...

"From the age of twenty on, I did my best to live according to that philosophy. As a result, I was..."

“From the age of twenty on, I did my best to live according to that philosophy. As a result, I...

"There’s no such thing as a perfect piece of writing. Just as there’s no such thing as..."

“There’s no such thing as a perfect piece of writing. Just as there’s no such...

Revisiting Haruki Murakami

There are wells, deep wells, dug in our hearts. Birds fly over them.
— Hear the Wind Sing/Pinball...

"Language is very tough, though, a tenacity that is backed up by a long history."

“Language is very tough, though, a tenacity that is backed up by a long history.” - Hear...

"Montesquieu, founder of the modern constitutional state, repeated in his The Spirit of the Laws of..."

““Montesquieu, founder of the modern constitutional state, repeated in his The Spirit of...

"The citizen is no longer a reader but an editor-in-chief, and this has caused a profound power shift..."

““The citizen is no longer a reader but an editor-in-chief, and this has caused a...

"Elections are the sacraments of that new faith, a ritual regarded as a vital necessity in which the..."

““Elections are the sacraments of that new faith, a ritual regarded as a vital necessity...

"Democracy becomes an Ikea kit for ‘free and fair elections’, to be put together by the recipient,..."

““Democracy becomes an Ikea kit for ‘free and fair elections’, to be put together by the...

"Amateurism is great, as long as it’s not amateurish."

““Amateurism is great, as long as it’s not amateurish.”” - from...